NMT Seeks High School Science Teacher for Antarctic Adventure
By Thomas Guengerich
One adventurous science teacher will get to take an intense and frigid field trip
this year. View Entire Article »
Commencement Set for May 17
By Valerie Kimble and Kathy Hedges
After years of differential equations, thermodynamics, and computer programming,
approximately 300 students will graduate from New Mexico Tech on May 17. View Entire Article »
YouTube Contest Winners Announced
By Colleen Guengerich
Congratulations to the winners of New Mexico Tech's Spring 2008 video contest! View Entire Article »
Materials Engineering Students Win Awards
By Thomas Guengerich
Scholarship and award winners in Materials and Civil Engineering have been
announced. View Entire Article »
Dr. David Norman, 1940-2008
By Thomas Guengerich
Prof. David Norman passed away Monday while leading a field trip to a gold mine in
Ghana. View Entire Article »
Dean's List and Student Appreciation Awardees Honored
By Thomas Guengerich
The 149 student honorees include 60 students who earned a perfect 4.0 GPA. View Entire Article »
New Mexico Tech Will Use Village of Playas To Study Electrical Grid
By Thomas Guengerich
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected New Mexico Tech and the
University of Hawaii to conduct a research project studying the effect
of renewable energy on existing electrical distribution grids. View Entire Article »
Magdalena Ridge Observatory Receives NASA Grant
By Public Information Office
New Mexico Tech's Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO) has been awarded $825,000 by NASA to
track and characterize potentially hazardous near-Earth objects. View Entire Article »
Chem Class Presents Public Seminar on Climate Change
By Thomas Guengerich
An upper level chemistry class at New Mexico Tech will present class projects
about climate change in a forum Wednesday, April 30, on campus. View Entire Article »
Fifth-Graders To Construct Mars Colonies
By Thomas Guengerich
More than 880 fifth-graders plus 150 middle school students from around New Mexico
will spend the day Friday, April 18, building Mars habitats and colonies at the Albuquerque
Convention Center. View Entire Article »
New Mexico Tech Team Scores Well at Bridge-Building Competition
By Thomas Guengerich
A group of 22 New Mexico Tech undergraduate students cored the best marks for
having the strongest bridge. View Entire Article »
Tech Professor Edits Salvadoran Poet
By Kathy Hedges
Dr. Rafael Lara-Martinez is the editor of
a newly published collection of the poetry of Pedro Geoffroy Rivas. View Entire Article »
Mining Safety Conference
By Valerie Kimble
New Mexico Tech will host the New Mexico Mine Health and Safety
Conference on May 5-7 at Macey Center. View Entire Article »
NM Science and Engineering Fair
By Kathy Hedges
After the awards ceremony, at about 7 p.m., April 5, results are posted on the
Science Fair website View Entire Article »
Pygmies Avenge Draw, 25-13
By Dave Wheelock
For the second time in two weeks, the NMT Rugby Club brought impact player Joe
Tyson into the match with good results. View Entire Article »
Tom Zimmerman, former chief of Campus Police, killed in vehicle accident
By Valerie Kimble
Zimmerman was a former Socorro County Sheriff who served as Director of Campus
Police from 1987 to 1999. View Entire Article »
Cave Teeming with Microbes
By Sue Vorenberg, SF New Mexican
Cave Scientist Penny Boston was on the hunt for life, miles below the Earth's
surface. View Entire Article »
Professors Co-Author Article in "Nature Geoscience"
By Valerie Kimble
Prof. Paul Krehbiel and collaborators identified how lightning can exit the top of a
thunderstorm to produce discharges that propagate upward into the atmosphere. View Entire Article »
Regents Tour Playas Training Center
By Kathleen Hedges
he New Mexico Tech Board of Regents was treated to a tour of Playas Training and
Research Center on March 18. View Entire Article »
Desert Maiden Returns
By Kathleen Hedges
On the 75th anniversary of the New Deal, a sculpture by a prominent New Deal artist
has returned to its historic place. View Entire Article »
Miocene Fossil Discovered by NMT Geologists
By Public Information Office
A fossil of a Miocene oreodont was discovered at Bosque del Apache by geologists
from New Mexico Tech. The fossil has been moved to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and
Science for study. View Entire Article »
Students Place Third in AIChE Regionals
By Kathy Hedges
New Mexico Tech chemical engineering students placed third in the regional in the
Chem-E-Car Competition. View Entire Article »
Daniels Fund Donation Puts World of Wonder Campaign over Halfway Mark
By Kathy Hedges
New Mexico Tech's environmentally friendly child care center has moved one step
closer to reality with a generous donation from the Daniels Fund of Denver, Colo. View Entire Article »
Camp Movers and Shakers Offered by New Mexico Tech
By Kathy Hedges
New Mexico Tech in Socorro is offering a special summer camp in the science and
engineering applications of energetic materials. View Entire Article »
Notice of Gastroenteritis Outbreak
By Susan Lewark, CFNP
The New Mexico Tech campus has identified an outbreak of gastroenteritis. View Entire Article »
Video Contest on YouTube for New Mexico Tech
By Kathy Hedges
Which video will reign supreme? View Entire Article »
Prof. Osman Inal Marks Birthday in Style
By Valerie Kimble
Osman Inal celebrated his Feb. 29 birthday last Friday with students, colleagues,
and friends. View Entire Article »
Putting the 'wile' in coyote
By Santa Fe New Mexican
Santa Fe New Mexican: New Mexico Tech has offered to help the famous coyote get
back at his nemesis, the roadrunner, in a science TV series tentatively titled Man vs. Cartoon. View Entire Article »
Science Cafe is a Wrap!
By Kathy Hedges
About 60 people braved the snowbound wilds of Magdalena Ridge on the morning of
Feb. 23. View Entire Article »
Science Olympiad Results Announced
By Public Info. Office
High school science students from around New Mexico competed in the 22nd annual New
Mexico Science Olympiad on Feb. 23. View Entire Article »
Regents Approve Jones and Kelly Remodeling
By Valerie Kimble
the New Mexico Tech Board of Regents gave the green light for the renovation of Jones Hall
and Kelly Hall. View Entire Article »
Notes from Feb. 19 Regents Meeting
By Valerie Kimble
Enrollment at New Mexico Tech reflects a bright picture ahead, Pres. Lopez told
Regents. View Entire Article »
Barnes Named Engineering Student of Year
By Valerie Kimble
Timothy Barnes has been named as New Mexico
Tech's Engineering Student of 2008. View Entire Article »
New Faculty: Cultural Anthropologist Barbara Bonnekessen
By Valerie Kimble
Dr. Barbara Bonnekessen teaches a course in "Food and Culture," among other things. View Entire Article »
N.M. Tech Sends Sympathy to Northern Illinois University
By Valerie Kimble
New Mexico Tech joins other colleges and universities in mourning the deaths of the
five students killed at Northern Illinois University. View Entire Article »
Skeen Library Offering International TV Programming
By Valerie Kimble
Skeen Library new offers international TV programming for students, faculty and community
members with library cards. View Entire Article »
Engineering Weekend at NMT, Feb. 15 - 17
By Valerie Kimble
Build a better hamburger! Rube Goldberg competition. View Entire Article »
N.M. Tech Offers Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
By Valerie Kimble
Spend nine weeks working on a hands-on summer research project, live on campus for
free, earn four college credits and get paid to boot! View Entire Article »
State of New Mexico Honors Rob Bowman
By Valerie Kimble
Dr. Robert Bowman, a professor of hydrology at New Mexico Tech, was honored by the
state of New Mexico with the 2008 Earth Science Achievement Award. View Entire Article »
N.M. Tech Visiting Professor Studies Military History
By Valerie Kimble
Trauschweizer is a visiting professor of history with the Department of Humanities. View Entire Article »
Sachs-Quintana Wins Paper Competition
By Valerie Kimble
Toby Sachs-Quintana, a materials engineering major, has won the $1500 top prize in a
regional paper competition. View Entire Article »
Wile E. Coyote Coming to New Mexico Tech
By Valerie Kimble
New Mexico Tech's Van Romero addresses the New Mexico State Senate at the
Roundhouse. View Entire Article »
SHS Teams in Supercomputing Regional Competition at N.M. Tech
By Valerie Kimble
Socorro High School is fielding two teams in the New Mexico
Supercomputing Challenge on Saturday, Feb. 16 at New Mexico Tech. View Entire Article »
Campus Break-in under Investigation
By Valerie Kimble
The New Mexico Tech Campus Police are continuing their investigation into an
attempted break-in on Jan. 26. View Entire Article »
Tech Newman Students Garner National Catholic Student Posts
By George Zamora
Two New Mexico Tech students recently were elected to national posts with the National
Catholic Student Coalition. View Entire Article »
New Faculty: Clinton Lanier, Technical Communication
By Valerie Kimble
Clinton Lanier joins faculty in the Humanities Department this Spring as an
assistant professor of Technical Communication. View Entire Article »
Longtime NM Tech Public Information Specialist Retires
By Valerie Kimble
George Zamora of the New Mexico Tech Public Information Office has retired from the
university. View Entire Article »
New Faculty: Jeffrey Johnson, Geophysicist
By Valerie Kimble
Dr. Jeffrey Johnson records the sounds volcanoes make before and during eruption. View Entire Article »
Longtime Regent William Abbott Passes On
By George Zamora
Longtime New Mexico Tech regent William G. Abbott, 86, passed away on
Wednesday afternoon, January 9 in his home in Hobbs. View Entire Article »
NMT Receives Best Collegiate Blood Drive Award
By George Zamora
Awarded by United Blood Services of New Mexico. View Entire Article »
2008 New Mexico Earth Science Awards winners announced
By L. Greer Price
The NM Bureau of Geology has announced its 2008 award recipients. View Entire Article »
MRO Tracks Asteroid Near Mars
By George Zamora
Observations by New Mexico Tech's Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO) indicate it is less
likely an asteroid will collide with Mars. View Entire Article »
Applications Open for Summer Science Program at NM Tech
By Richard Bowdoin
Applications are now open for the 2008 Summer Science Program (SSP), in which gifted high
school students apply science to calculate the orbit of a near-earth asteroid. View Entire Article »
New Mexico Higher Ed Loses Primary Legislative Advocate
By George Zamora
Members of the New Mexico Council of University Presidents
are mourning the recent loss of the late State Senator Ben D. Altimirano. View Entire Article »
